Posts tagged with: HTML

HTML and XML Character Encoding Gotchas in Javascript December 8, 2009: Recently I was trying to execute the following Javascript with jQuery: $("#someid").append("<div>...°C</div>"); I was going crazy because it worked (a degrees symbol – ° – was shown) on one page but not another, where nothing was displayed or returned by the append method. After much frustration I stumbled on a solution and I’m sharing it […] Read more – ‘HTML and XML Character Encoding Gotchas in Javascript’.
Vodafone Mobile Widget Camp April 21, 2009: I’m one of the organizers of the Mobile Widget Camp on May 2. The free event is taking place at Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam. Daniel Appelquist (Vodafone Betavine), Peter-Paul Koch (Quirksmode), and Elliot Kember (Carsonified) are among the speakers in the morning, so you’re guaranteed to get a great introduction to Vodafone/Opera widgets. Beside these […] Read more – ‘Vodafone Mobile Widget Camp’.